# Der Trihs Suspension Discussion Thread

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**Created:** [January 29, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-suspension-discussion-thread/711246 "2015-01-29T17:49:55Z")
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#### Post date: [January 29, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-suspension-discussion-thread/711246/42 "2015-01-29T22:16:22Z")

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> [@When you get a warning...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-a-warning/675517/16):
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> Yes, but not one in immediate danger of getting whacked. What really sets the Mods off is persistent douche-baggery over a relatively short period of time, or a long-term pattern of behavior that doesn’t respond to corrective measures. The odd warning here or there is just a sign that you slipped once in awhile. They can even be badges of honor, if you swing that way. {…}

> [@When you get a warning...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-a-warning/675517/17):
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> Pretty much what **silenus** said. We’re all human and we all slip up now and again; what the mods are looking for is not the occasional goof, but repeated behaviors despite multiple warnings, over a fairly short period of time.

> [@When you get a warning...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-a-warning/675517/18):
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> We don’t delete old warnings, but as has been said, we attach less importance to warnings according to how old they are. Two warnings five years apart are no big deal.
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> Two warnings spread out over five years indicates an occasional lapse.
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> Three warnings in three weeks means you’re just not listening, and is of much more concern.

Of course exactly what a “fairly short period of time” is, isn’t clear. But it would seem like it’s no more than months, and not years.

CMC fnord!

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